John Denker wrote: > I wish people wouldn't be so quick to assume that > Joe User is a non-programmer and/or an idiot.
I think nobody does, I just expect Joe User to _read_ what's being prominently presented to him. _Especially_ when he's having some programming experience - actually this doesn't make much of a difference - then we should expect him to follow common, basic rules like reading accompagnying README's, reading 'configure' output and the such. If he deliberately takes a short-cut around these rules and fails while doing so, then it's hard to blame the result as being a software "bug". I think the entire discussion sparks from the fact that you're having the habit of declaring everything you don't understand as being a bug. So, could this basically be a bug between keyboard and chair ? As a reminder, citing yourself: "Here's yet another area that needs some TLC: There appears to be little or no chance that the autoconf system will do the right thing on 64-bit machines. [...] This is currently item #45 on this list of bugs: http://www.av8n.com/fly/fgfs/htm/bug-list.htm#bug-64bit"; Obviously the autoconf system is doing pretty much the right thing on most of the affected 64-bit machines - people just need to employ basic skills they're supposed to have learnt in elementary school. [... lots of blather removed ...] Do I sense an attempt to cloud an unfortunate mistake by spreading the discussion into as many directions as possible ? Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
